Shapeoko Ono Increasing Cutting Area Questions

[PedroL]

* I may have this in the wrong forum as this is not a S3

Hello all,

I have a question about upgrading the hardware by replacing the makerslide components that my gantry runs on. The Y-axis in my machine. This appears to be just two makerslides back to back bolted together. Currently the Y is 7.4". I want to make it 1000mm. Am I assuming correctly that swapping out the makerslide and longer drive belt is all that is needed? Do I need to be concerned with rigidity or the like? My thoughts are if the wiring it long enough it should be fairly straight forward after I make a new base/bed/table/whatchcallit that is square and level.

Are there any common concerns I should know about before taking my working machine apart? Thanks in advance.

[WillAdams]

That's pretty much it

http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Scaling_Up

http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/ ... ide_X-Axis

[PedroL]

That's pretty much it

http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Scaling_Up

http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/ ... ide_X-Axis

Thanks for the links. It was great to see the process done on my actual machine from when the previous owner did it. I need to remember his blog next time.